ICANN is Accepting Suggestions for new TLDs (for $227k) - what would you pick?
Do you have ideas for TLDs? Here's some of mine, not sure if any of these exist already:
- .plus
- .now
- .ent (short for enterprise)
- .one
- .er (for domain hacks, don't get any ideas)
- .db
- .source
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/icann_new_gtld_applications/Open linkView original on lemmy.zip
As I said in the other thread where this was posted: I’d suggest simply returning to .edu, .gov, .mil, .com, .org, .net — and actually enforcing their meanings.
Yeah I gotta be honest. Any time I see a .io tld on something tech related I assume they're pretentious. Also I hate having to type the tld, I always ctrl enter for .com domains.
That said I do have a .xyz domain, but only because it's 99 cents a year. Which reminds me I need to renew it.
I really liked .io when those started popping up, I thought it would be perfect if I had any silly little personal API projects.
Their popularity means they are way too expensive for that. Any hope of me actually buying a domain is really shrinking because the more I learned about the web the less inclined I am to have my personal info out there this way. I know there are privacy respecting ways to get a domain, but you know what I mean
All the religious wingnuts will hop all over:
...etc., etc.
I say milk 'em for all they're worth. They grift plenty enough, so I've got no problem turning the tables.
Make it easy to filter them out? I'm on board
.epstein
I'd love to see .source
Could be used for a lot of different tech and non tech things: open.source, linux.source, lifehacks.source, re.source
Great potential
IDK who is squatting on this, but poop.ai has a minimum bid of $70k. I'm leaning poo.pay but my number two would be .poo TLDs, for the shits of it.
Hahahaha yes! A TLD exclusively dedicated to silly websites
How 'bout more TLDs that are not English-centric?
.plug